Today is Saturday, October 22nd and the weather is cloudy and chilly here in Virginia. I think we brought Ireland weather back with us!Yesterday we rode our bikes and decided to go across Hwy. 17 where we've never been before. We found a place …
Florence Mississippi to Rogersville Alabama
Friday Oct 20thWe left Grand Harbor on Thursday and traveled to Florance Ms it was a nice short day and the ride was pleasant. When we left Grand Harbor the marina in Florence was not sure if they would have a slip for us with electric as they we…
The meaning of life… 42?
You iphone users will love this…A Duet With Siri. (if you don’t know what Siri is, click here) Song A Day #1019 http://www.jonathanmann.netNordhavn Exumas Abacos Bahamas trawler Caribbean Pickwick Boat dogs
Filter Bosses- The Wires Are Run
It was the dawn of a new day. What does that mean, exactly? Every dawn is the dawn of a new day.Whatever. It was the dawn of a new day, and time to tackle the impossible job of running bunches of wires from the engine room to th…
The Piankatank River
If you were following us in 2009 you may remember we fell in love with a beautiful anchorage on the Piankatank River tucked in behind Berkley Island. At first we just liked saying the name of the river. Come on, everyone together – Pee-yank-a-tank. Now…
MISSOURI….ON A BOAT?
Even assuming for the sake of discussion that this voyage we are on was something I had dreamed of and planned for many years, it really didn’t occur to me that we could visit Missouri by boat. It did not occur to me until recently that St. Louis…
New England Lobster Dinner at Eileen’s
This email is the tale of the lobster dinner which included lobster tails! (And claws and all the rest of the lobster.) Randal and I look forward not only to the lobster dinner, but to our annual visit with friends. Getting to …
J+J Marine to Joe Wheeler State Park Marina, Rogersville AL
Date October 21, 2011 Day 115Departure J + J Marine, Muscle Shoals, AL 9:15 am Arrival Joe Wheeler State Park Marina 12:30 pmMiles 17.0 Cumula…
FPB 64-5 Get Home Auxiliary – The Tradeoffs
Todd Rickard is just back from a quick trip to New Zealand to check on the engine room layout now that a get home system is being added to the FPB 64s. Those of you who have been aboard one of the FPB 64s knows the engine room is a work of art. Circa, our […]
Hull Shape, Displacement, and Boat Speed
Sitting here at anchor off to the side of of the Intra Coastal Waterway affords the opportunity of studying hull shapes and their wave trains. What we have for you here are several different shapes, each with a unique shape to their disturbance pattern. The boat above is about 35-feet long and is throwing a […]
